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Judge Permits Use of Clandestine Cellphone Device Despite Privacy Concerns
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI’s use of a clandestine cellphone tracking device is a lawful surveillance tool, a judge has ruled, Slate.com reports. The Stingray, as it’s called, is a transceiver that tricks cell phones into using a fake network. Judge David Campbell dismissed concerns that the surveillance was overly intrusive. The ACLU said the…
Did FBI Miss Opportunity to Crack Abduction Case in Cleveland? Agents Dismiss Some Public Claims
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI missed a critical opportunity to make progress in the Cleveland abduction case in 2004, the Cleveland Plain Dealer reports. Fernando Colon, who was living with one of the suspect’s ex-wives at the time, said he told investigators that suspect Ariel Castro knew two girls who had gone missing a year…
Whistleblower Says Obama Administration at Fault for Delayed Benghazi Investigation
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Obama administration’s characterization of the attack on the U.S. consulate in Libya on Sept. 11, 2012, slowed the down the investigation, a key Benghazi whistleblower said, Fox News reports. “I definitely believe that it negatively affected our ability to get the FBI team quickly to Benghazi,” Greg Hicks, the deputy chief…
U.S., Russia Try to Repair Decades of Distrust to Protect Each Other from Common Threats
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Mutual distrust between the U.S. and Russia is threatening to jeopardize cooperation between the FBI and Russia’s Federal Security Service, the Washington Post reports. Cooperation over security threats is guarded and restrained, making it difficult for the two countries to share information about mutual safety concerns. The Boston Marathon bombing has prompted…
ACLU: FBI Accessing Private Emails Without Warrants
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is accessing private emails of suspects without as much as a warrant, records obtained by the ACLU suggest, according to NBC News. The documents “paint a troubling picture of the government’s email surveillance practices,” wrote Nathan Freed Wessler, attorney with the ACLU’s Speech, Privacy and Technology Project. “Not only does…
Suspect in Abductions, Rape of 3 Girls in Cleveland is Charged
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Cleveland Browns Owner Apologized to Fans for Federal Probe of Truck Company
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com As the FBI continues to investigate fraud inside his truck-stop company, Cleveland Browns owner Jimmy Haslam told fans he was embarrassed and planned to return glory to the football team, Sports Illustrated reports. Speaking at the Northeastern Ohio Chapter of the National Football Foundation’s annual scholar-athlete banquet, Haslam expressed regrets over his…
New Special Agent in Charge Takes Over FBI Office in Denver
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI’s Denver office has a new leader. Thomas P. Ravenelle, who most recently served in the inspection division at FBI’s headquarters in Washington D.C., has been named as special agent in charge of the Denver office, CBS Denver reports. He replaces James Yacone, who left in March to work for the…